Fiona- nice running in the wind. Same problem here. seems that a lot of us are battling the elements at the moment Especially those in the North- heard it was pretty grim up your way, OH.....

Stewart- nice 5m

Tek- well done on the breakthrough- great when you get those!

NP- nice 14m and a good pace too there

AGF- well done on the double

Somebody was smiling on me this morning as I drove down to my usual morning run route- it threw it down with massive hailstones, covering the road in seconds and my wipers were struggling to cope. I felt pretty anxious sat inside in my shorts... by the time I ran it had turned to rain and stopped within 10 mins of my 6.5m recovery. PHEW! This evening my achilles were still a bit sore after Sunday's bashing, so i treated them with doing my 15m ML run on the nice soft track. They loosened up enough for me to be able to run the last 6m at pMP, fairly comfortably. Very happy with this run 15.01m in 1.41.24 (6.45 av) splits: 7:10 7:19 7:21 7:23 7:08 7:08 7:12 6:58 6:48 6:13 6:10 6:07 6:10 6:09 6:02 4

Well done everyone for getting out there. Fantastic MP jason and Teknik the HR running is really coming together!

AGF sounds like you have a spring in your step after the rest! MG1 you'll be the same after a rest.

Stewart did you run or go to the gym; it looked busy last night.

Decided rather than battle the wind to do a hill session on the treadmill. Ages since I've done that so quite happy with it, 6 miles done. Looks like it's going to calm down later tonight and hope it stays that way for the weekend!

Tek - nice run! He track was softer on the joints and minimised the effects of the strong wind Fiona- same idea here about wind avoidance. Just the track is slightly better than the treadmill well done on the 6

MG1, a little TLC for your legs NP will recommend the cold bath, and trust me that's a different sort of pain

SM6, well done for getting out and it will have been tough in the windy conditions

Jason, the weather gods played nice for a change, another great run in the bank

Tek, are you planning running at 80% for your marathon

Fiona, well done for the hilly six on the treadie, I decided to give the run a miss, the plan for today was to do some 800m repeats at the track but it was just to blustery, so for a change I went to the gym, did some weights, ran on the AMT for 25 minutes and did a little core and stretch session. JS tomorrow so I look to get the 800's done on Friday

Stewart C, the cold bath doesn't sound too appealing but as you say NP is a believer which is good enough for me, 2 days rest then looking for a 20 m + LSR on sat morning, never run further than 20 before so will be a challenge

My 14 tonight went likemanaged to run progressive despite wind..which was more of a side wind than anything else..but really strong..9.33..9.27..9.13..9.13..9.14..9.15..9.07..8.53..8.53..8.45..8.41..8.31..8.26..8.23.

AGF well done on the two runs yesterday.
MG1 nice recovery day, I'm looking forward to tomorrow Sm6 well done in the wind.
Jason fantastic running that's my LT at the moment.
Teknik nice running.
Fiona great running and past 300 miles for the month is fantastic well done SC nice training session, COld baths are a must and make your legs feel great. NN great running still not nice out in the wind.

Well just over 7 miles done in gale force winds this morning followed by a cold bath

Stewart well done in the gym. I am planning a few runs at 80%, and when the pace/HR has settled (no drift), I'll notch it up to 83%. If I get a stable pace/HR for 10 miles, I'll notch it up again to 84%. The last mara I ran 30 secs slower than my Hadd 83% level - this time I'm going to push harder...

MG enjoy the rest

NN another set of awesome progressive splits...

NP well done in the wind

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Long run this morning of 19m - 9m on my own on the flat tarmac, 5m with the club on an annoying boggy hill route, then 5m home. Av HR 71%, av 9:33mm. Quite a tough 3 hrs in the wind and rain. Decided to take NP's advice and knelt (n.b.) in a cold bath. After 5 minutes I managed to stop crying...

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